• Truth, Not Politics, Is at the Root of the Left-Right Divide

    Truth, Not Politics, Is at the Root of the Left-Right Divide

    The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com. Three years ago, I wrote a column explaining left-right differences on 35 different subjects. Any one or two of them would make for a major political/cultural divide. Thirty-five make the divide unbridgeable. As the thesis itself is not …
  • Stephen A. Smith’s ramble on CNN was really something else

    Stephen A. Smith’s ramble on CNN was really something else

    No more phone calls, please! We have a winner! First, a moment to give thanks for being truly blessed throughout this pandemic to have been served by relentless over-the-air geniuses — especially Mike Francesa and Stephen A. Smith, both of whom take themselves very seriously as per their advanced media megalomania. Both stir themselves into …
  • Meet the queens: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ premiere set for VH1

    Meet the queens: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ premiere set for VH1

    It’s still showtime without Showtime for “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.” Season 5 of the “Drag Race” spinoff will premiere at 8 p.m. Friday, June 5 on VH1 — not Showtime, as previously announced. But the show will go on with a whole new set of dishy divas. “For ‘All Stars 5,’ we’ve come up …
  • Tinsley Mortimer told fiancé Scott Kluth what shape engagement ring she wanted

    Tinsley Mortimer told fiancé Scott Kluth what shape engagement ring she wanted

    Tinsley Mortimer knows what she wants when it comes to jewelry. The “Real Housewife of New York,” 44, gushed about her enormous engagement ring from fiancé Scott Kluth while quarantined in Chicago with the Coupon Cabin CEO. “He did such a great job. I did say I wanted an oval,” Mortimer told Andy Cohen on …
  • High Times owner hires Victoria’s Secret, cannabis vet as CEO

    High Times owner hires Victoria’s Secret, cannabis vet as CEO

    Financially struggling Hightimes Holding Corp. has a new CEO — its third since December. The company, which owns stoner magazine High Times, has appointed Peter Horvath, most recently CEO of Green Growth Brands, to replace Stormy Simon, who resigned Monday after four months on the job. Horvath took cannabis retailer Green Growth Brands public in …
  • Ticket-pricing warning for sports leagues in the coronavirus era

    Ticket-pricing warning for sports leagues in the coronavirus era

    Last week a wire service carried the woeful story of free-agent Seattle defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. Having made $51 million his first four years in the NFL, his next deal could be for a few million less. Depressing? I’m still disconsolate. But misery loves company. Since the coronavirus outbreak, Seattle has suffered the largest leap …
  • ‘One Day At a Time’ plans animated quarantine special

    ‘One Day At a Time’ plans animated quarantine special

    Pop TV’s “One Day At a Time” is getting animated. The reimagining of Norman Lear’s classic will produce an animated special to air this spring. Like all other live-action Hollywood production, filming on the current fourth season of “One Day At a Time” was suspended in mid-March amid a growing coronavirus pandemic. Shortly after that, …
  • It’s only fitting Mets’ ownership hunt is parade of liars and cheats

    It’s only fitting Mets’ ownership hunt is parade of liars and cheats

    “I’m speechless,” he began. I sense the day is coming when Mr. Met will be pinched at JFK attempting to board a flight to the Cayman Islands. His head will be cut open to reveal purloined cash and stock certificates that he’ll claim he never knew he was carrying — someone must’ve switched heads on …
  • ‘Married at First Sight’ Season 10 reunion: Cheating, arrests and lies

    ‘Married at First Sight’ Season 10 reunion: Cheating, arrests and lies

    It’s been five months since the couples on Season 10 of “Married at First Sight” decided to stay together or get a divorce. But since the cameras stopped filming, their lives and marriages continued to unravel. Last week’s finale saw two of the couples — Katie and Derek and Jessica and Austin — choosing to …
  • Natalie Dormer plays four roles in ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’

    Natalie Dormer plays four roles in ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’

    Few actors on TV this year have set themselves the task that Natalie Dormer gave herself when she agreed to appear on Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful.” The imperious Margaery Tyrell of “Game of Thrones” and vixen-like Anne Boleyn of “The Tudors” is playing four different characters over the course of 10 episodes. And not one of …